This tribe from the North Eastern India, is a part of the greater Bodo -
Kachari group. Dimasas live in the Jatinga Valley in the North Chhachar
Hills of Assam.
Dimasas are supposed to be the aboriginals of the Brahmaputra Valley
ascending from the Himalayas with their roots connection to the Great Hindu
Epic Mahabharata. Dimasas have their seats in the city called Dimapur. Lying
on the banks of the river Dhansiri , also known as the Brick City , was the
ruling Capital of Kacharis - the prominent and powerful race of those times.
Dimapur got its name from the Kachari word Di - meaning water, Ma - meaning
- big and Pur - meaning City.
Apart from Madhya Pradesh, Gonds can be found in Chattisgarh, Andhra
Pradesh and Orissa. They are the largest Tribe in India with four million
people. They speak language related to Telgu and Dravidian language. The
spoken languages are generalized as Gondi and Hindi. They practice
agriculture growing cereals. Herding cattles is also a part of their
livelihood.
The Dimasa Kacharis are distributed in different regions of Assam and
Nagaland. The Dimasa Kacharis living in North Chachar Hills appear to have
retained much of their traditional tribals more. However, those ones in the
in Nagaon district of Assam, the influence of Assamese Culture is very
apparent. The Dimasas living in Chachar Hills are highly influenced by the
Bengali Culture.
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